A new early childhood program is coming to the Savannah R3 School District this fall. 

Curriculum Director Ashley Anderson says the program Kindergarten Jumpstart is a transitional Kindergarten program. 

"Maybe age ready for kindergarten but not intellectually or socially or maybe even physically ready for a traditional kindergarten classroom setting," Anderson tells St. Joseph Post. 

Anderson says Kindergarten-aged students are screened in the community before being place in the program. 

"You can't call and say, 'We want our kid in this.' It's all based off of screening and the specifics that our admins are looking for," says Anderson. 

Anderson says there are students each year that are not ready to start Kindergarten quite yet and need a program like Kindergarten Jumpstart. 

"Age ready for Kindergarten but they're not ready and just knowing that we can better serve those students I think is just a really great thing."

By WHITNEE ICESt. Joseph PostA new early childhood program is coming to the Savannah R3 School District this fall. Curriculum Director Ashley Anderson says the program Kindergarten Jumpstart is a transitional Kindergarten program. "Maybe age ready for kindergarten but not intellectually or socially or maybe even physically ready for a traditional kindergarten classroom setting," Anderson tells St. Joseph Post. Anderson says Kindergarten-aged students are screened in the community before being place in the program. "You can't call and say, 'We want our kid in this.' It's all based off of screening and the specifics that our admins are looking for," says Anderson. Anderson says there are students each year that are not ready to start Kindergarten quite yet and need a program like Kindergarten Jumpstart. "Age ready for Kindergarten but they're not ready and just knowing that we can better serve those students I think is just a really great thing."

New early childhood program coming to Savannah this fall